Vincent Kompany and the players of Anderlecht have allegedly been racially insulted during today’s Belgium derby against Club Brugge. The coach himself, a former Manchester City defender and the club’s legend, told Eleven Sports in his postmatch interview: “I’m devastated”, said Kompany, clearly affected:”I’m going home routed anyway. We were called out for ‘brown monkeys’ and whatever else during the whole match. Those are things I have a hard time with. It’s always okay to say something funny, but there are a lot of people here who have given a lot for this country. They just come here to play football. I don’t want to end up in a conflict, but I just feel this way. I just want to go home. Rest and spend time with the people who are important to me.”Lukaku: “Football must do more than just take knee to combat racism”However, his counterpart Philippe Clement said he had not heard any racist comments. LEUVEN – STANDARD”But I want to be very clear: if someone said something like that, it is not what this club stands for. We also have a great diversity in our core and among our supporters, “concluded he.Club Brugge response condemning fans responsible after Vincent Kompany’s allegation of racism following today’s game. https://t.co/q653sW151V— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) December 19, 2021
